Burning CD-R as a DVD

[hiblueice]

Recently I got a sanyo DVW-5000 (dvd player/VCR).

After hooking it up to the TV the first disk I could find was a VCD disk I had burned. When I put it in it spit it right back out.

This player apperently does not support VCD. However it will play a CD-R with an MP3 somewhere on it. So I know it can read CDRs

I have used TMPGenc to convert to MPEG 1/2 and NERO to burn it to an (S)VCD

After reading about authoring a VCD on a DVDR. I would like to know if it is possible to do the opposite and author a DVD on a CDR (not as VCD or SVCD) so that any DVD player could play it, considering it can read CDRs.

If not I soppose I could buy a DVDR or take back the Sanyo DVD player for another.

I you know anything about this let me know,
-Hiblueice

[johnbrowsing]

You can create DVD video on CD-R's, but not all players play them. I have tried playing a disc I created on my LOGIX 3300d dvd player, it does not recognise the disk. However my friend has a HAUS dvd player and it works fine on his. The software I used to conver the video to dvd was Roxio Videopack, not sure if this made any difference.

I suppose you experiment with your player to see if it plays.

[johnbrowsing]

Some DVD Player manufacturers provide firmware updates on their website to expand their players capabilities. You may want to visit the SANYO website for any updates to allow VCD playback.

[sterno]

After reading about authoring a VCD on a DVDR. I would like to know if it is possible to do the opposite and author a DVD on a CDR (not as VCD or SVCD) so that any DVD player could play it, considering it can read CDRs.

This is called MiniDVD or cDVD. Compatibility in set-top players is poor. Usually, as soon as you load the disc the DVD player checks to see what it is. When it sees a CD, it doesn't even check for a DVD structure (that's also why burning MP3s to a DVD-R doesn't work on a lot of players, they see it's a DVD and look for the DVD structure). Most of the time you need firmware patches to get miniDVD support. You can't fit much on a CD anyway.

For more information, look at http://www.vcdhelp.com/minidvd.htm.